Now I’m no legal expert but having done a bit of web-based research (I know, I know…don’t worry I’ve had a lorry load of salt on hand) and it would seem that the Disability Discrimination act does cover OCD (and other Mental Health conditions) and therefore should you choose to you can, as a sufferer of OCD, tick the “Do you consider yourself Disabled?” box on official forms.
This is something that has given me some food for thought.
After all, is it something that you should do? If you don’t, and your condition causes you to require some special consideration at a later date, will it effect your rights to that consideration?
That said, I think, having spent a long time trying to pretend that it does not effect my working life directly, have to take these steps for my benefit as much as for anyone elses. And I don’t mean that in that terms of ‘what I can get out of it’ I just feel that it is a healthy and honest approach to managing my condition.
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